Bottle attachment



NOV. 5, 1935. A w R N 2,020,205

BOTTLE ATTACHMENT Original Filed Nov. 4, 1935 Patented Nov. 5, 1935UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE I BOTTLE ATTACHMENT Alfred W. f erkins,Newburyport, Mass.

Application November 4, 1933, Serial No. 696,722 Renewed July 16, 1935 1Claim. (01. 6546) June 27, 1933.

'The primary object of the invention is the provision of an article ofthis character, wherein the opening for the reception of a Crown cork orcap is so constructed as to provide a centering fulcrum and anextracting lip, whereby on the application of the article the Crown capcan be readily and conveniently extracted or removed and the articlethen may be used as a temporary cap for the bottle so as to maintain thecontents thereof fresh for further use.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a cap of thischaracter, wherein in its use as a bottle attachment for a bottle itwill snugly embrace the mouth and bottle neck after the original cap ofthe bottle has been removed in the use of said article as hereinbeforeindicated.

A further object of the invention is the provision of an article of thischaracter, wherein the body thereof is expansible to permit theconvenlent temporary application of the same to the mouth of a bottleand this temporary application will prevent the contents from becomingstale or fiat,'particularly in the use of the article on a bottlecontaining ginger ale.

A still further'object of the invention is the showing the articleconstructed in accordance with the invention temporarily appliedthereto. Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view through the article.

Figure 3 is a view showing the article applied for the extracting of theCrown cap.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of a modified form of the article. a VFigure 5 is a sectional view on the lme 5-5 of Figure 4. I

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views in the drawing.

Referring to the drawing in detail, A designates a portion of a bottlehaving the tapered neck which, at the mouth, originally carries the 5Crown corkor cap B of well known construetion, the mouth end of the neckof said bottle A being formed with an external bulge l0 anda mouth beadII, respectively, this being of conventional character. 10 The articleor. device constituting the present invention, which is an improvementover the subject matter of Letters Patent #1,916,115, dated June 27,1933, comprises a tubular body I2 having a closed end l3, the body beingtapered toward the closed end slightly and having struck therefrom thebulge I4 which is coextensive with the bulge H] of the neck of thebottle A, so that a bight I5 is present interiorly of this body forsnapping engagement of the latter upon the neck r of the bottle with thebulge Ill thereof.

Interiorly of the body [2, at the closedend I3, is a cork or rubber diskIt which contacts with the beaded mouth of the neck of the bottle A forthe closing thereof and a sealing of the same when the body I2 issnapped onto said neck, as this body telescopes over the same at themouth end thereof.

'Formed in the body is the opening l1 having the centering fulcrumportions I8 overhanging an ejecting lip t9, the latter being located atthe lowermost point of the opening l'l, while the portion I8 is at theuppermost point thereof and these being vertically aligned with eachother. The lip i9 has struck therein a strengthening rib 20 to increasethe extracting strength when the article is used as a cap remover orextractor.

In the use of the article the body I2 is brought to a position to havethe cap B on the bottle enter marginally the opening I! and this body I2, when 40 in the position as shown in Figure 3, Will permit theextraction or removal of the cap B by pulling upwardly from the lowerend of said article, this being clearly apparent from said Figure 3 ofthe drawing. InFigures 4 and 5 of the drawing there is shown a modifiedform of article, wherein the body 2| is longitudinally split and theends at the split are overlapped, the body being preferably made fromsheet material having springy quality, while at one end of the body 2|is a channeled annular flange 22 forming a seat for a closure disk orhead 23, this being made, from metal, and at the inner sidethereof is asuitable cork or washer (not shown) which is adapted to seal the openmouth of the bottle. The body 2| is also formed with the bulge 24 whichis alike to the bulge I4 in the body l2.

The open end of both the bodies l2 and 2| is reinforced by an outwardlystruck bead 25.

In the application of the body 2| to the mouth of a bottle it will beapparent that the said body can expand so that the bulge 24 will rideover the bulge ID in the neck of the bottle A and such body 2| becomecontracted, thereby firmly embracing the mouth end of the bottle, whilethe disk or head 23, with its cork or washer, will close the mouth ofsaid bottle neck.

It will be understood that in theruse f the body 2 I, the latter issusceptible of embracing the neck of a bottle when wearing the Crowncork or cap and, in this instance, the head 23 can be entirely dispensedwith so that the body 2|, when freed from the bottle neck, can beutilized as a cap remover or extractor and the use of the same can bebut a single instance, as such body can be destroyed thereafter. In thismode of use the body 2| is purely and simply a cap extractor or remover.

The body 2 I, at the bulge 24 thereof, at one end of the latter, isslightly outwardly protruded as at 26 and this lies outside of the saidbody so that the same can be engaged by the finger of the user of thearticle, so that the body can be pulled upon for the purpose ofexpanding the said body 2| to enable the free and easy removal of suchbody from the mouth end of the bottle and this will be clearly obviousfrom Figures 4 and 5 of the drawmg.

What is claimed is:

An article of the character described comprising a normally contractedlongitudinally split inherently resilient bottle capping body for snuglyembracing the neck of a bottle and having the edge portions at thesplits considerably overlapping each -other, a bulged portionintermediate and circumferentially of the body approximating a bulge inthe bottle neck to have portions of said body considerably extendedbeyond the bulge in the neck to opposite sides thereof, the said bodyhaving an opening extended through the bulge at ALFRED W. PERKINS.

